In a statement, the company said that it 'has reached an amicable resolution with the St. Landry district attorney in the state of Louisiana' and that all warrants related to the case have been withdrawn.

Dicks' arrest in September was part of a crackdown on online gambling in the US, preceding the ban introduced by Congress in October.

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